The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
Guest Bloggin'
Good Morning!! Today, we have a Tuesday guest blogger!! A fellow music fan, a total support system for this market, along with the rest of the YMCA staff, and really, the man about town, these days, as he is very community driven, supporter of local endeavors…
Don’t forget…the market closes, tonight, at 10pm, so get your orders groovin’, our way…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
And now…guest bloggin’…
Hello, fellow Virtual Market community members:
This is what happens when you give Pam feedback about her wonderful blogs and and music references – she asks you to participate. I’m happy to share my thoughts about our Virtual Farmer’s Market because it’s been a consistently tasty and helpful part of my weekly routine over the past four years of serving as the CEO of the Champaign Family YMCA. Aside from my regular activities at the Y, I teach 3 group cycling classes each week. I love cycling and I enjoy connecting with members in a group exercise setting.
A group cycling class has much in common with the Virtual Market: both are communities filled with people who are seeking and finding healthy lifestyle choices; people who aren’t afraid to try something new or outside of ‘normal’ patterns of shopping or exercising. Both cycling classes and the healthy foods I get from the Virtual Market help me hit a healthy ‘reset’ button and I’m very thankful for both! I encourage each of you to think about your passions and develop habits that allow you to spend more time in passionate pursuit of the healthiest lifestyle you can imagine. It’ll do wonders for your heart and mind and let you more deeply connect with your soul’s deepest yearnings. I love picking songs for cycling classes that aren’t top 40. I love creating song cycles for classes that help individuals feel a deeper connection to their ‘better selves’. With that in mind, here’s a song from one of my favorite bands, a group of musicians who are criminally underexposed:
“I Need More Love” by Robert Randolph and the Family Band:
All of the cold winds blowing
Through our neighborhoods
While my frustration’s growing
Through concrete, steel and wood
I need more love
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I’m tired of feeling tension
Everyone’s talking black and white
When will something change me
And help me get my mind right
I need more love, I need more love
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
C’mon fill the room, baby
Take the shackle off of your feet
Let the love flow, say
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
I need more love every day of my life
Paul Waldsmith, CEO
Champaign Family YMCA
191 Community Drive
Urbana, OH 43078
office: 937-484-3549